I was taking pictures of the Dream along with Mickey show when suddenly the cast disappeared and a voice came over the loud speakers saying that the show was unable to continue and everyone should come back later. The crowd stood there for a moment confused, and wondering what to do, we all looked at each other and a guy across from me said "that's it?" I just shrugged and answered "I think somethings went wrong." I kept shooting close ups of the castle as the crowd started to dispurse, still slightly confused as to why the show had come to a sudden stop.
It took me a minute or two to run through a list in my head of what might be going on. Some serious clouds were starting to gather overheard, but I hadn't heard any thunder. Then suddenly two sets of pyrotechnics went off on stage and I about jumped out of my skin. I think that perhaps they didn't fire on cue and so the procedure is to stop the show for safety. I'm okay with this, fireworks can be really dangerous and with performers in some major costumes escape could be difficult in the event of a fire. None the less the crowd was pretty disappointed.
I didn't think much about this, until I was reading the article about the little boy who wanted to fight Darth Vader, and how his show was suddenly stopped in the middle as well. I have to wonder - does this happen often at Disney? My show was only a couple of days after the one he would have been at. I don't always stop to watch the daytime shows, so my experience in this in rather limited. Does Disney frequently stop shows in the middle and just say "Sorry, we're done! Come back later." What types of things cause Disney to bring shows to a stop?
